Egoist lothar schmitz



No. 622,544. Patented Apr. 4, I899.

E. L. SCHMITZ.

RAZOR.

(Application filed June 1, 1898.)

WITNESSES I INVENTOR 11 ATTOR N EY r NlTED STATES EGON LOTHAR SCHMITZ, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,544, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed June 1,1898. $erial1l0. 682,310. (No model.)

[lb aZZ whom it may concern:

resident of the borough of Manhattan, New

York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Razors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in razors, and has for its object to provide a razor with a detachable blade by means of a novel tang and a shank in the rear top portion of the blade.

The advantage of my improved razor is that handles of expensive material, inlaid, engraved, or costly otherwise, may be used, be cause a new blade is easily inserted into the tang when the old one is worn out, and, further, the blade may be taken out for cleaning, so that the handle never will get wet.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which' Figure 1 represents the complete razor in side elevation with front plate of tang removed. Fig. 2 is a side view of the rear portion of the blade with shank. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tang and its side plates, and Fig. 4 shows a portion of the handle with rivet-hole.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in all the drawings.

A is the blade, and a is the shank in the rear top portion of the same.

13 is the tang.

Z) Z) are the. side plates of the tang, and C is the handle.

The handle and tang are connected in the usual manner by a rivet.

The blade is preferably made of usual size of razor-blades. The shank in the rear top portion of the blade, Fig. 2, is preferably made integral therewith and is provided with a notch or indentation a near the blade,which acts as a catch or stop when the blade is inserted into the tang. The shank is slightly tapering toward the end, so that it may be easily inserted.

The tang is of peculiar shape, as is shown in Fig. It consists of three parts, the tang opening formed by the branches corresponds in shape and size exactly with the shape and size of the shank a. Branch b forms near the front end a shoulder D which fits exactly the notch or indentation a. Branch b further, is provided with two rivet-holes, one in the shoulder and one at the other end near the tang-body, while the lower branch 5 is provided with but one rivet-hole near the tangbody, leaving its front end free, thereby imparting spring-power to this branch. Correspondingly the side plates are provided with three rivet-holes.

The side plates are put on the tang branches and the surface is finished up so that the rivets are level with the blades.

It is plainly seen from the drawings that the shank merely needs to be forced in the opening between the two branches b 19 until the shoulder rests'in notch (6', when the blade will be securely held by the tang, and the razorthen looks as if the blade and tang were made of one piece.

If it is desired to detach the blade, it is only necessary to take the blade at the back and move it a little downward, when branch 12 will give way and the blade then can be de tached.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. A razor with detachable blade consistportion of which forms two branches, the up per being provided with a shoulder and two rivet-holes one through the shoulder and one In testimony whereof I hereunto set my near the tang, the lower branch having but name in the presence of two subscribing Witone near the tang-body, two side plates hav nesses.

ing corresponding rivet-holes and being riv- EGON LOTHAR SCHMITZ. 5 eted to the branches, and an opening in the Witnesses:

tang-body for the purpose of attaching the C. S. GOMPPER,

handle, as specified, ADAM J. FOX. 

